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| author | Christophe Besson <cbesson@gmail.com> | 2026-09-20 01:52:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Christophe Besson <cbesson@gmail.com> | 2026-09-20 01:52:06 +0200 |
| commit | b39c83e385b7d1e1febfc625da887515cc6893bc (patch) | |
| tree | eb1b0a931cf4cf666683ebbcb5e8b8f37b7caa6e /docs/QUICKSTART.md | |
| parent | 66abba3d08021b1ff538d6266e4b4e590407bde2 (diff) | |
| download | meshbay-b39c83e385b7d1e1febfc625da887515cc6893bc.tar.gz | |
docs: the node key is linked from Profile, not Settings
QUICKSTART Step 4 named the wrong page. Recorded in §15.3 alongside it: the
key is read from `meshbay-node status` or the desktop client and from nowhere
else, which is a decision rather than a gap — anyone linking a node is already
at a shell prompt.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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diff --git a/docs/QUICKSTART.md b/docs/QUICKSTART.md index 9a418f2..92a5cad 100644 --- a/docs/QUICKSTART.md +++ b/docs/QUICKSTART.md @@ -144,12 +144,19 @@ and prints something like: Node key: 7mK2p...base64...= ``` -**Copy that key.** In your browser, on meshbay.org: **Settings → Link Node**, -paste it, submit. +**Copy that key.** In your browser, on meshbay.org: **Profile → Link Node**, +paste it, submit. It is on the Profile page, not Settings — next to your +passphrase and recovery phrase, which is where everything tied to your identity +rather than to this browser lives. This is what lets the hub introduce your members to this machine. It is a public key; it identifies the node and unlocks nothing. +If you lose it, `meshbay-node status` prints it again at any time. Those are the +two places it can be read — that command, and **Node → Overview** in the desktop +client. A browser cannot reach the node's own control API, so it cannot show you +the key; pasting it here once is what a browser-only operator does instead. + --- ## Step 5 — Start the node |